Dictation memorandum-sheet.



N0. 865 025. PATENTED SEPT; 3 190?.

N. G. DURAND. DIGTATION MEMORANDUM SHEET APPLICATION FILED AUG.30,1905- I Q% w x X 1 :.m W0 a I 0 MM 3 MN 9N h fiw M fin gm 2o 3 3 wv mfi m 2.5 sfiw wmw 1 imam wg M QER -6 Jw gwsm UNITED STAZQQBnIENT OFFICE,

NELSON C. DURAND,

OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY PATENT COMPANY, OF WEd'l ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY.

DICTATION MEMORANDU'M SKEET.

Specification 02 Letters Patent.

Patented se a, 1907.

Application filed August 30, 19(l5. deli-lei No. 276.472

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Nelson C. Dunno), a citizen of the United States, residing at East, Orange, Essex county, State of New Jersey, have invented a certain 5. new and useful Dictation Memorandum-Sheet, of

which the following is a description.

My invention relatesto memorandum sheets adapted for use in connection with commercial talking ma- ,chines of the type wherein the position 01 the recorder orreproducer with respect to the blank or record is indicated by means of a scale and pointer, (see patent to Weber and Hibbard, No. 772,485, dated October 18, 1904) and my object is to provide a memorandum sheet by which convenient and comprehensible instructions may be given to the transcriber as to the 3 1 condition of the dictated work. Broadly speaking,- the invention consists of a sheet carrying the representation oi a scale corresponding to that of the'talking machine, and preferably with a 20, blank space of sufficient area to permit pencil or other memoranda to be jetted down, directing the attention of the transcriber to the condition of the dictated work in its relation to said scale, all as will more fully hereinafter he pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing, forming a part hereof, I will illustrate my improved memorandum sheet, with indicia thereon, by which the transcriber willbe informed as to the particular point on the record where dictated matter was commenced and to which the sheet is supposed to apply, and also, that mistakes in dictation were made therein in three places, and finally, where such mistakes occur on the record, so as to be avoided in the transcribing.

The sheet l isof any suitable. size, proportions, and

character, either of card-board or paper, and carries the representation 2 of the scale on the talking machine, though not necessarily of the same dimensions. The sheet may also contain printed matter as shown, indicating its nature, its use, information as to the identity 40 of the persons dictating and transcribing, and the times of such dictation and'transcription, though this printed matter is not important and may be widely varied. Preferably, or otherwise adjacent to the scale, to permit memoranda to be jotteddown for the further guidance of the transcriber, as for instance, that certain dictated matter occurring at any point oithe scale is not to be transscribed', that certain words or phrases are to be substituted fordictated matter, etc. In its simplest form, however, the invention consists sheet carrying the representation of the scale of a talking machine, essentially as shown. In use the'person dictating a letter, for example, indicates on the sheet talking machine indicates 15.

sufficient space is allowed below opposite side ot the representation pf a memorandum by X in pencil, where the particular matter to which the sheet applies is commenced, as shown.- There may be other dictated letters on the same cylin; d er, but by the use of the sheet'the particular letter to be transcribed will be exactly located. Indictatingfl mistake is supposed to be made when the pointer of the The dictator marks an M on the sheet, and makes" the desired on the talking machine. Other inistakesare be made at 27 and 35, and are indicated on the in the same way. When the record inquestion is transcribed on the typewriter, for example the'op tor has before him the corresponding memorandum sheet. He is immediately informed that the letter be gins at 6, and starts his reproducer at that point out having to experiment to find out. He also that mistakes are ito be expected at the points 15,-27' if! and 35 and is accordingly on the lookout for them, and makes the desired corrections. By providing the.

.sheet with a scale as explained, the operator has 'a much better and more vivid impression as to the lo'cation of errors, etc. in the dictated work than would be, conveyed by written instructions, while at the same time the convenience to the person dictating is enormously increase'dl, Actual experience has demonstrated that by the use of my improved memorandum sheets, the operation of commercial talking machines, both in dictation and transcription will be materially facilitated.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent is? 1. A dictation memorandum for talking machines, comprising a sheet carrying the representation of the scale of the talking machine, and properly dcsignatcd'spuces' for entering data identitying the talking machine record and persons using the same, and having a blank space at that side of the representation of theiscale whereon the sub divisions of the scale appear, substantially as set forth.

2. A dictation memorandum for talking machines comprising a sheet carrying a representation of. the scale or the talking machine, and a printed reterence to (sold talking machine scale within the said representiitlori tfierg of, and having at one side of the said representation properly designated spaces for entering data identifying the talking machine cylinders, the person dictating and the person transcribing and hiivinga blank lp ac'e at the 10K r the swig, whe -eon the subdivisions of the scale appes su'hsmntlally ss set forth. I

- This specification sighed andv witnessed dls lttfiay of August 1905.

' sensors c; Domino.

Witnesses:

WM. Pumps, Faun: H. Fuzz. 

